Very power efficient Astrophotography Rig using Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Forums


hi all, have been building power efficient arm based devices auto guide , run planetarium software mobile astrophotography rig.

aim when started project create power efficient mobile asto rig could. rig consists of heq5 mount, guide scope , camera, imaging camera, raspberry pi (either pi0w or pi3) , 2 dew heaters guide scope , imaging scope not dew up.

up, running draws 12vdc@1.8a (22watts) of power.

compiled phd2 on pi0 w (512mg ram single core 1ghz processor) runs on 1watt of power.

, works well. ultimate standalone auto guiding setup. pi0 w isn't powerful enough run planetarium software on, guiding perfect.

remote pi0 w via vnc (i use mobile phone) , run phd2 would.

i'm calling pihd2 auto guider.

if interested, please let me know.

regards

pictures:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1on5j8v9ku...sized.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j65q0zf3o1...sized.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xen8drb9hy...sized.jpg?dl=0
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other projects far have been:
1. rpi2 running lin-guider , starspi on android phone.
2. rpi3 running ubuntu mate 16.04lts indiserver remoting laptop ran kstars/ekos/phd2 control everything.
3. asus tinker board (this thing fast!!!!) running lubuntu 16.04lts run kstars/ekos/phd2 control everything.



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